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Dr. Sophia L. Borgias joined Boise State University in 2021 and is currently an Assistant Professor with the School of Public Service. She earned both a Ph.D. in Geography with a minor in Law and an M.A. in Geography with a certificate in Water Policy from the University of Arizona. Dr. Borgias is a human-environment geographer with interests in water and environmental governance in the arid Americas. Her most recent research focuses on rural-to-urban water transfers in the American West, with an emphasis on their impacts for Indigenous land and water rights. Dr. Borgias is currently a member of the American Association of Geographers and the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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NSF Convergence Accelerator Track K: Equity in water information for community capacity building
Ekins, J. (CoPI), Dundas, S. J. (CoPI), Borgias, S. (CoPI), Kaiser, K. E. (CoPI), Parton, L. (PI) & Sternlieb, F. (CoPI)
15/01/24 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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Unlikely Alliances in Rural-Urban Water Conflicts
Borgias, S. (PI) & Berry, K. A. (CoPI)
15/09/20 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
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Doctoral Dissertation Research: Indigenous Rights, Government Authority, and Stakeholder Alliances in Rural-Urban Water Conflicts
Bauer, C. C. (PI) & Borgias, S. (CoPI)
25/09/17 → 15/09/21
Project: Research
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Denaturalizing Dispossession in the Political Ecology of the American West: Reassessing the History of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and Its Implications for Indigenous Land and Water Rights
Borgias, S. L., 2024, In: Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 114, 6, p. 1232-1250 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Drought, settler law, and the Los Angeles Aqueduct: The shifting political ecology of water scarcity in California’s eastern Sierra Nevada
Borgias, S. L., 2024, In: Journal of Political Ecology. 31, 1, p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Navigating Diverse Visions of Water Justice Within Unlikely Alliances
Borgias, S. L. & Berry, K. A., 2024, In: Water Alternatives. 17, 3, p. 607-627 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Unlikely Alliances in Action: Balancing Alignment and Autonomy in Rural-Urban Water Conflicts
Borgias, S., Berry, K. & Fox, D., 2024, In: Society and Natural Resources. 37, 10, p. 1452-1470 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing barriers and enablers in the institutionalization of river-basin adaptive management: evidence from the Maipo Basin, Chile
Vicuña, S., Scott, C. A., Borgias, S., Bonelli, S. & Bustos, E., Jun 2020, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 44, p. 93-103 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations
Activities
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Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (External organization)
Borgias, S. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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American Association of Geographers (External organization)
Borgias, S. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Prizes
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2022: Dissertation Award - Universities Council on Water Resources
Borgias, S. (Recipient), 2022
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2023: Faculty Research Award - The Institute for Advancing American Values
Borgias, S. (Recipient), 2023
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